[yapc] Tri-Rail service from Airports to Boca

[Andrew Brosnan]

On 6/10/03 at 1:05 PM, tim at consultix-inc.com (Tim Maher) wrote:
> 
> There's also the light rail service, "Tri-Rail", 1-800-TRI-RAIL
> (www.tri-rail.com), that operates trains from the airports
> up and down the coast, with a stop that's allegedly "right in
> front of the Doubletree hotel" (called "Boca Raton").
> 
> I'll be boarding that train sometime around 7:15pm Sunday,
> at the Ft Lauderdale airport stop, heading to the Doubletree,
> for the very reasonable fee of $4.
> 
> Would any others arriving at FLL care to meet up and make
> a party of it?  If so, I'm a very "distinctive looking" guy,
> with a proven track record of being an outstanding congregating
> target (see http://teachmeperl.com for photos), so look for
> me at the train stop.
> 



Schedules are light on the weekends:

On 5/29/03 at 3:24 PM, pk-sofla-pm at kailasa.net (Prakash Kailasa) wrote:

> On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 02:58:22PM -0400, Andrew Brosnan wrote:
> > 
> > I'm staying at the DoubleTree. They claim it is a short, $5 rail
> > trip to and from the airports. They also have a free shuttle to and
> > from the Campus and other local spots. So I may blow off renting a
> > car altogether.
> 
> Here are the schedules for tri-rail (from Miami or Ft. Lauderdale
> airports to Boca Raton).
> 
> Weekdays: http://tri-rail.com/schedules_fares/ntm_wday.htm
> Weekends: http://tri-rail.com/schedules_fares/ntm_wend.htm
> 
> Schedules for the reverse direction (or from West Palm beach airport)
> are here:
> 
> Weekdays: http://tri-rail.com/schedules_fares/stm_wday.htm
> Weekends: http://tri-rail.com/schedules_fares/stm_wend.htm
> 
> The hotel is very close (walkable) from the Boca Raton tri-rail stop.
> 
> The fare of $5 one-way sounds right. Anyway, there's a fare
> calculator at: http://tri-rail.com/schedules_fares/fare_calculator.htm
> 
> HTH,
> /prakash